Improvement in head-blocks tor carriages



J. C. BATES.

Head Block for Carriages; v No. 93,163. Patented Aug. 3, 1869.

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iitnitrd fitting Letters Patent No. 93,163, dated August 3, 1869.

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IMPROVEMENT IN HEAD-BLOCKS FOR CARRIAG-ES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part p! thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. O. BATES, ofWarrensbnrg,

in the county of J ohnson,and- State of Missouri, have invented a newandimproved Head-Block for Carriages; and I do hereby declarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of myinvention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.-

Figure 3 is a front view of the'same.

Similar letters of reference indicate-corresponding parts. I

This invention relates to certain improvements in the head-blocks ofcarriages and buggies, and in the devices with which they are directlyor indirectly connected.

The invention consists, first, 'in making all these devices of malleableiron, whereby they can he made stronger and cheaper, and still oflighter and more tastyappearan'ce than heretofore. I

The invention consists, also, in so shaping the headblock that it willprevent lateral. play of the'spring, and that it will receive the endsof the stays and braceswvhich are on the sides of the reach, and that itwill form part of a bar extending back to the rearaxle connection.

The invention finally consists in forming hinge-com nections at thejunctions of the said braces with the stay-braces that extend back tothe hind axle, to prevent the parts from being injured in case one hindwheel should stand lower than the other.

A, in-the drawing, represents the head-block; B, its bearing; 0, 'thereach.

The head-block and its hearing are made of malleable iron 0n the surfaceof the head-block are formed two projecting lips, or a, between whichthe spring-Dis held from lateral displacement.

'l rom the head-block projects backward, under the reach, a bar, E,which'is bolted to the reach, and which is, at its rear end. splicedwith apiece 'of wroughtiron that extends back to'the rear axle, and thatis secured by the iron called a gooscneck, which is fastened by twobolts, and which reaches to the king- 'bolt, serving to stiffen thehead-block and reach.

On the sides of the reach are arranged two malleable-iron bars, F E,which are, with their front ends,

fitted into sockets that are provided in the head-block,

and which are bolted together on the sides of the reach. I On their rearends are formed ears, b b, which serve as hinge-plates for fastening thebraces F to the staybraces that extend to the hind axle, and wherebyinjury to the reach and other parts is prevented when the rear wheelsstand on uneven ground.

The fifth-wheel guard G is secured, tothe under side of themalleable-iron bar E, and is made of the same material.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Le ters Patent, is..-

l 1. The combination with each other of the malleable iron head-block A,bearing B, lower bar E, andside bars F F, all arranged and operatingsubstantially as herein shown and described.

2. The metallic head-block A, when provided with lips a, for retainingthe spring, with mortises for the side braces F, and with abackward-extending bar, E, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The hinge-ears b 1), formed on the rear ends of the side bars F,substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

J. 0. BATES.

Witnesses:

J. S. Bnrrns, J OHN ELLIOTT.

